DStv Channel 403 Saturday, 15 February 2025

Joburg CBD fire | Claims of no food, power at temporary shelters

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    JOHANNESBURG - Those displaced by the Joburg CBD fire say they are now being told to vacate temporary shelters.

    They say electricity has been switched off and food donations halted.

    "We feel like we've been dumped. We don't know where to," said Grace Mandla, one of the victims.

    READ: Lesufi announces commission of inquiry to probe deadly Joburg CBD fire

    "We were under trauma, we're in pain.

    "People are being chased out because the community is complaining about the centre," she said.

    "If we are being chased out, where to from here? We have not been told anything."

    READ: Inquiry into Marshalltown fire begins investigations on 1 October

    Social worker Nigel Branken said around 70 people still remain at the shelter.

    "What's urgently needed is for proper long term plans for the people that are still in the shelter," he said.

    He said government is trying to evict them from the shelter.

    "We actually need to say to the city it's their responsibility to take care of these people."

    At the moment what government has done

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